TRUE TALES IBD

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What Were Pioneer Days Really Like in the U.P.?The combination of mining, maritime and lumbering history created a culture in the U.P. that is unique to the Midwest. Discover true stories of the rough and dangerous times of the Upper Peninsula frontier that are as enjoyable as they are educational. YouâÇÖll find no conventional romantic or whitewashed history here. Instead, you will be astonished by the true hardships and facets of trying to settle a frontier sandwiched among the three Great Lakes.These pages are populated by Native Americans and the European immigrants, looking for their personal promised land-whether to raise families, avoid the law, start a new life or just get rich... no matter what it took. Mineral hunters, outlaws, men of honor creating civilization out of wilderness and the women of strength that accompanied them, the Upper Peninsula called to all.áAmong the eye-opening stories, youâÇÖll find True Tales includes:Dan Seavey, the infamous pirate based out of EscanabaAngelique Mott, who was marooned with her husband on Isle Royale for 9 months with just a handful of provisions and no weapons or toolsVigilantes who broke up the notorious sex trafficking rings - protected by stockades, gunmen, and feral dogs - in Seney, Sac Bay, Ewen, Trout Creek, Ontonagon and Bruce CrossingKlaus L. Hamringa, the lightkeeper hero who received a commendation of valor for saving the crews of the Monarch and Kiowa shipwrecksThe strange story of stagecoach robber Reimund (Black Bart) HolzheyThe whimsical tale of how Christmas, Michigan got its monikerThe backstories of famous pioneers, such as Peter White, George Shiras III, Governor Chase Osborn and many others'This book is a gold mine of vacation possibilities, providing dozens of fascinating little-known facts about many of the innumerable attractions found in MichiganâÇÖs Upper Peninsula. With the aid of a near countless parade of carefully selected historical images, Mikel paints a picture the reader will not ever forget.' -- Michael Carrier, author of Murder on Sugar Island (Jack Handler mysteries) 'Deeply informative, but never boring, each chapter covers a different event or person in the often dangerous and sometimes lawless Great Lakes frontier. Maybe Michigan natives especially will be surprised by these stories from the stateâÇÖs past. Claussen doesnâÇÖt focus on the well-known or the glamorous stories, but instead the odd, the little-known, and the people who labored so hard to provide for themselves and their families in an unforgiving and brutal environment. This is a wonderful volume to better understand the little-understood region that is MichiganâÇÖs Upper Peninsula.' -- Axie Barclay, Portland Book Review'ItâÇÖs not that these stories have never been told... yet any collection keeping stories alive seems worthy.áThe author delves into the darker corners of the U.P. history, some he admits he himself had a hard time believing. All told, the book is a nice sampler and keepsake of the wild, weird, and wonderful things that should have given the Upper Peninsula its own genre of âÇÖWesternâÇÖ.' -- Konnie LeMay, Lake Superior MagazineLearn more at MikelBClassen.com